Ok guys, got boat from buddy on the cheap. Dont know any history. So far I followed info found here, changed plugs, lower unit oil, cleaned carbs, running new fuel, changed racor, ect. So today we put it in the water and it planed off once and was running and then died. Could not get it to run above high idle again. Kept wanting to die. The onlty reason we made it back was we would push the primer in when it was dying. Got it home and checked compression, 110,110,105,102. Seems ok there. Pulled pickup out of tank, looked great. Blew it out, all clear. i havent changed all the fuel lines but thats next. Checked the fuel pump filter, looks new. The fuel pump diaphram looks a little distorted but could not find a tear or hole in it. Going to get a fuel pump kit in the AM. It almost felt like we spun the prop when we first tried to run after it died the first time. It seemed to want to rev up but we would go nowhere. Then after a bit (a minute or two) it would not run above mid idle. Any pointers, if not its going to the mechanic.
